Presidential Election 2020
Refinery 29: Where The 2020 Presidential Candidates Stand On Paid Family Leave
On Tuesday afternoon, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Rosa DeLauro reintroduced the Family And Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act, which would create a national paid family and medical leave program. (Gontcharova, 2/12/19)
The Economist: Why Republicans are joining the push for paid parental leave
The issue is likely to get a lot of attention in the run up to next year’s presidential election. (M.S.R., 3/8/19)
ABC 4: Watch: Kirsten Gillibrand holds roundtable on paid family leave in New Hampshire
Democrat presidential hopeful Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., holds a roundtable on paid family leave in Laconia, New Hampshire Saturday. (4/6/19)
The Cut: Are Any of the Paid Family Leave Plans Actually Any Good?
With Republicans warming up to the prospect, and 2020 candidates speaking out about the plans they support, it’s quickly becoming a top legislative priority this year. Perhaps, this signals, Americans are ready to join the rest of the developed world. (Arnold, 4/9/19
Vox: It took a debate with all-female moderators to ask Democrats about paid family leave
On Wednesday, something unheard of happened on the 2020 Democratic debate stage: Moderators asked candidates what they would do about high child care costs and the lack of paid parental leave in the US. (Campbell, 11/21/19)
Also featured in The Washington Post (Cunningham, 11/21/19)
PBS News Hour: 2020 Democrats roll out new policy proposals on paid family leave, corporate interest
While some Democratic presidential candidates offered a chorus of tough words for President Trump from the campaign trail over the weekend, others, like Sen. Kamala Harris and Sen. Bernie Sanders, chose Monday to roll out new policy ideas. Lisa Desjardins reports. (10/7/19)
USA Today: America’s parents want affordable day care, maternity leave. Here’s what 2020 candidates say
As part of a deep-dive on the forces standing in the way of paid leave and affordable child care, USA TODAY surveyed the 2020 presidential candidates for their stances. (Culver & Cohen, 12/3/19)
Alexis Ohanian and Other Advocates
WTOP: Strolling Thunder rally on Capitol Hill calls for paid leave, affordable child care
Parents with babbling babies and tireless toddlers pushed strollers onto Capitol Hill on Tuesday, bringing a playful atmosphere outside and a serious message to Congress about rising child care costs. (Miller, 4/30/19)
Also featured in Roll Call (McGrady, 4/30/19)
Good Morning America: Alexis Ohanian’s next stop is Congress as he fights for dads to get paid paternity leave
He and Dove Men+Care are asking men and women to sign The Pledge for Paternity Leave. Ohanian plans to bring the pledge to lawmakers on Capitol Hill this fall in a push to pass federal paid family leave legislation. (Kindelan, 6/13/19)
Harvard Business Review: Every Employee Should have Access to Paid Parental Leave
Alexis Ohanian is the cofounder of Reddit and now leads the investment firm Initialized Capital as cofounder and managing partner. But he says that his most important roles in life are husband, to tennis champion Serena Williams, and father, to their daughter, Olympia, now age two. After taking his own paternity leave and learning how to operate as a working dad, he has become an advocate for mandatory paid family leave in the United States. (Beard, 9/30/19)
Forbes: Dads, Including Alexis Ohanian, Are Fighting For Paid Family Leave On Capitol Hill
On October 22nd, Ohanian, along with Dove Men+Care, will join the non-profit Paid Leave US (PL+US) and head to Capitol Hill for a Dads’ Day of Action to raise awareness for paid parental leave. As it stands, the United States is the only industrialized country in the world that doesn’t mandate paid parental leave for its labor force. Which is nothing short of a disgrace, especially for a country committed to otherwise honoring family values. (Ferrante, 10/15/19)
Public News Service: CA “Dadvocates” to Press Congress on Paid Family Leave
A group of “dadvocates” from California and around the country will converge on Washington, D.C., today, meeting with lawmakers to press for federal paid family leave. (10/22/19)
Bloomberg: Ivanka Trump Meets Reddit’s Alexis Ohanian to Discuss Parental Leave
President Donald Trump’s daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump met with Reddit Inc. co-founder Alexis Ohanian at the White House Tuesday as part of the push by the tech entrepreneur — and husband to tennis star Serena Williams — to promote paid family leave. (Sink, 10/22/19)
Also featured in Yahoo Finance (Henney, 10/22/19)
HR Dive: Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian rallies dads, lawmakers for paid family leave
An ideal law would afford parents six months of fully compensated leave, founder and executive director of Paid Leave for the United States Katie Bethell told HR Dive in an interview. (Clarey, 10/29/19)
Public News Service: “Dadvocates” Press Congressional Leaders for Paid Paternity Leave
A group of men who go by the name “Dadvocates” is pressing California’s congressional leaders for action on paid parental leave. (Potter, 1/23/20)
Debate/Opposition
American Enterprise Institute: The birth of a compromise on paid parental leave
Major social policy achievements in this country have never been easy. Yet, history shows that when both sides express a willingness to compromise, great policies can emerge. (Mathur & McCloskey & Rachidi, 3/5/19)
American Enterprise Institute: The economic case against government-coerced paid family leave
Government-coerced paid family leave is gaining a lot of support and traction. But it’s also getting some well-deserved push-back from free-market economists. (Perry, 4/6/19)
Bloomberg Businessweek: The Real Problem With Paid Family Leave Is How to Fund It
Republicans and Democrats agree it’s a worthy cause, but federal legislation is still years away. (Flatley, 5/13/19)
American Enterprise Institute: Video of the day: ‘The Paid Leave Fairy Tale’
In this (“The Paid Family Leave Fairy Tale“), John Stossel investigates why mandated paid family leave is bad for business and bad for most women. As he explains in his weekly column, “That’s because such mandates could make hiring a young woman a risk.” (Perry, 6/5/19)
Center for American Progress: Paid Family and Medical Leave Must Be Comprehensive to Help Workers and Their Children
Paid leave is gaining more and more attention in Congress, where members are beginning to recognize the importance of allowing workers to care for themselves and their families without sacrificing a paycheck. (Boesch, 7/16/19)
The Hill: Liberal think tank: GOP paid parental leave proposals are too narrow
The left-leaning Center for American Progress (CAP) issued a report Tuesday arguing that Republicans’ paid leave proposals are too narrow because they only provide paid leave to new parents. (Jagoda, 7/16/19)
The Atlantic: The Conservative Argument Over Paid Family Leave
In the only industrialized country without a national program providing paid maternity leave, the idea of establishing one is gaining purchase politically. Senators have introduced bills that would offer paid leave for new parents (not just mothers), President Donald Trump’s latest budget makes mention of doing the same, and several states have created their own programs in the absence of a federal one. (Pinsker, 7/25/19)
American Enterprise Institute: Policy tradeoffs in the paid family leave debate
As my colleague Aparna Mathur recently wrote, this “marks a major achievement in the history of paid leave legislation in the United States, with the introduction of the first bipartisan paid leave bill in Congress.” (Rachidi, 8/6/19)
Forbes: Family Leave: Neither Simple Nor Helpful
Family leave benefits seem to have risen in Washington’s collective consciousness. Congress recently passed legislation to give 12-weeks paid leave to all government employees. (Ezrati, 1/6/20)
NBC News: On paid leave, Congress should listen — not just pay lip service — to small employers
According to the National Partnership for Women and Families, seven in 10 small business owners would support a national paid family and medical leave policy. But there’s still no consensus on what a national plan would look like. (Ballantyne & Ness, 10/17/19)
Businesses
Yahoo Finance: Intel Announces Expanded Paid Leave Benefits
Beginning Jan. 1, 2020, Intel is expanding U.S. paid leave benefits to better support employees during life’s critical moments. These changes are part of Intel’s holistic, comprehensive and inclusive benefit offerings. (12/17/19)
The New York Times: With Paid Leave, Gates Foundation Says There Can Be Too Much of a Good Thing
Instead of a year, parents will get six months, a number that researchers say avoids the pitfalls oflonger leaves. (Miller, 1/25/19)
USA Today: The interesting reason why the Gates Foundation cut its 52-week parental leave in half
The policy that began in 2015 is ending. Employees will now get six months of paid leave – which is still considered generous. (Hallar, 1/31/19)
Bloomberg: Lululemon Expands Full Paid Leave to Workers Who Become Parents
Lululemon Athletica Inc. is beefing up benefits to attract and retain workers, offering full-time employees three to six months of paid parental leave. (Holman, 2/13/19)
Forbes: 7 Steps To Fight For Better Paid Leave In Your Workplace, From The Mom Who Expanded Leave At Lyft.
When companies aren’t readily prepared to take the leap and adjust policy to suit the needs of working parents, innovative and trailblazing employees are taking matters into their own hands and jumping first. (Farrante, 3/15/19)
Fortune: We’re Launching a Campaign for Paid Leave in Silicon Valley. Only Six Founders Would Sign On
We are launching #LeadersforLeave, a campaign to urge Silicon Valley founders, chief executives and venture capitalists to provide paid leave to their employees, no matter how early stage their startup is. (Sistani, 3/18/19)
The Washington Post: Why even U.S. Steel is expanding paid family leave
The suite of new benefits adds eight weeks of paid leave for new fathers or adoptive parents for the first time and expands the amount of paid leave for birth mothers to between 14 and 16 weeks. (McGregor, 3/21/19)
ABC 10 San Diego: Company offers paid leave for new grandparents
You’ve heard of paid time off, maternity leave, even leave for new fathers. But Cisco, a global technology company, offers paid leave for new grandparents! (Vowell, 4/23/19)
Quartz: With its new parental leave policy, HPE puts Silicon Valley on notice
Neri just cut the ribbon on HPE’s new headquarters in San Jose, California, and announced a package of employee-benefit upgrades and additions, including six months of fully paid parental leave after the birth or adoption of a child, up from two weeks under the previous policy. (MacLellan, 4/30/19)
The Hill: Sweetgreen introduces five months of paid parental leave
Fast-casual salad chain Sweetgreen announced Tuesday that it will now give its employees five months of paid parental leave. (Rodrigo, 5/22/19)
The Wall Street Journal: The Bosses Who Walk the Walk on Paternity Leave
A CEO and COO of a software company took leave at the same time to help drive home the benefits to their employees; new research backs them up. (Shellenbarger, 5/27/19)
ABC News: These companies are revamping paid parental leave
Earlier this week, the trendy salad chain sweetgreen announced its new family leave policy, adding to a growing movement by companies to sweeten deals for even hourly employees. (Youn, 5/26/19)
Also featured in WTOP (5/26/19).
MarketWatch: The real reason companies like Target are offering paid parental leave and child-care
Experts praise corporations like Target for introducing family-friendly policies, but say America needs systemic change. (Jagannathan, 6/12/19)
Forbes: Five Ways Parental Leave Can Improve Culture And Increase Diversity In Organizations
There are many known benefits available to employees who receive and organizations that offer parental leave, but the ways it can improve diversity in the workplace are often overlooked. (Renz, 8/15/19)
NBC News: On paid leave, Congress should listen — not just pay lip service — to small employers
According to the National Partnership for Women and Families, seven in 10 small business owners would support a national paid family and medical leave policy. But there’s still no consensus on what a national plan would look like. (Ballantyne & Ness, 10/17/19)
Forbes: Goldman Sachs Has Upped The Ante For Paid Parental Leave On Wall Street
Goldman Sachs now offers 20 weeks of paid leave to all parents, regardless of gender or caregiver status, the company announced Monday. (Gross, 11/6/19)
Fast Company: Apple announces policy to ease transition back to work for new parents
For four weeks after returning from paid leave, new parents at Apple will now have the option of working part-time with full-time pay. (Mohan, 11/6/19)
The New York Times: Reckitt Benckiser Gives New Parents More Paid Leave
British household goods maker Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc said on Tuesday it was extending its paid leave globally for new mothers from 16 weeks to 26 weeks, but the change will take time to implement in the United States due to regulatory issues. (Reuters, 12/2/19)
Axios: Corporate America is pressured to boost paid parental leave
As legislation moves forward to give 12 weeks of paid parental leave to civilian federal workers, corporate America is feeling pressure to follow suit — or at least offer sweeter policies. (Brown, 12/13/19)
Yahoo Finance: Intel Announces Expanded Paid Leave Benefits
Beginning Jan. 1, 2020, Intel is expanding U.S. paid leave benefits to better support employees during life’s critical moments. These changes are part of Intel’s holistic, comprehensive and inclusive benefit offerings. (12/17/19)
Fortune: How Do Business Roundtable Members Stack Up On Paid Leave?
Last week, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty sent a letter to Congress on behalf of her fellow Business Roundtable members, urging lawmakers to “enact federal legislation to make available paid family and medical leave benefits to as many working Americans as possible.” (Bellstrom & Hinchliffe, 12/19/19)
Bloomberg: The Parental Leave Boomlet in the U.S. Is Leaving Women Behind
Big companies in industries where women make up the bulk of the workforce are less likely to offer paid time off to new parents. (Greenfield & Cannon, 1/30/20)
Background/Research/History
Forbes: In The Fight For Paid Parental Leave, 6 Months Should Be The Minimum
Last month in our profile ofthe best and worst companies for paid leave, we examined PL + US’ annual scorecard of the top 70 corporations and how they fare when it comes to this critical benefit. (Ferrante, 1/10/19)
ABC News: Lack of paid family leave, support at work partly to blame for 30-year low in fertility rates: Experts
America’s total fertility rate hit a 30-year low, according to a new report. (Forde, 1/12/19)c
American Enterprise Institute: What does the future hold for paid leave?
Paid family and medical leavehas emerged as an important priority at the state and national level for many politicians, experts, and advocates. (Mathur, 1/16/18)
The Nation: Let’s Get Paid Family Leave Right
Even the paid-leave programs in the US that exist fall short of what’s needed. (Covert, 2/8/19)
MarketWatch: Why paid family leave is about more than taking care of babies
Women need paid family leave, for child care but also retirement. (Malito, 2/9/19)
The Pacific Standard: What Is the Future of Paid Parental Leave in America?
The U.S. has a rough track record with how it treats new parents, but there are reasons to believe that this could soon be a thing of the past. (Swenson, 4/2/19)
Forbes: Flexibility, Responsibility, Fairness: What Moms — and All Americans — Want from Paid Leave
Mother’s Day is a time to show love and appreciation not just for our own moms specifically, but for moms generally for the important role they play in society. (Lukas, 5/7/19)
Economist: America is the only rich country without a law on paid leave for new parents
The president’s Commission on the Status of Women was unequivocal in its recommendation: “Paid maternity leave or comparable insurance benefits should be provided for women workers.” That conclusion was reached in 1963, when John Kennedy was president, but America still has no federal policy in place to guarantee working mothers or fathers paid time off to care for their new babies. (7/18/19)
Center for American Progress: Rhetoric vs. Reality: Not All Paid Leave Proposals Are Equal
Paid family and medical leave is increasingly recognized as a critical benefit for the economic security of workers and their families. A recent poll found that 84 percent of voters support a comprehensive national paid family and medical leave policy that covers all working people. (Boesch, 10/10/19)
Marie Claire: Everything You Need to Know About Paid Family Leave
The United States is the only country in the developed world that does not mandate employers give paid time off to new mothers and fathers or other workers who need to step away to care for themselves or loved ones. When you compare the U.S. to Bulgaria, which gives 59 weeks of maternity leave at 90 percent salary, plus an additional year to be split between parents, or Norway (49 weeks), India (26 weeks), Chile (18 weeks), Iraq (14 weeks), our country looks downright pathetic. (10/11/19)
Science Daily: Paid leave may widen the mommy gap but increase time with children
Many policymakers and scholars believe offering paid leave to families would be a game changer for US moms and families, leading to increased equity in labor markets and helping eliminate the ‘mommy gap’ in pay. (10/28/19)
The New York Times: A Surprising Finding on Paid Leave: ‘This Is Not the Way We Teach This’
“I could feel the air going out of the room when we presented this,” said Martha J. Bailey, an economist at the University of Michigan and one of four authors of the working paper. “This is not the way we teach this in economics textbooks.” (Miller, 11/11/19)
The New York Times: The Forgotten Origins of Paid Family Leave
In 1919, activists from around the world pressed governments to adopt policies to help working mothers. (Siegel, 11/29/19)
Pew Research Center, Fact Tank: Among 41 countries, only U.S. lacks paid parental leave
The smallest amount of paid leave required in any of the other 40 nations is about two months. (Livingston & Thomas, 12/16/19)
Forbes: Three Benefits To Paid Parental Leave
As an increasing number of states mandate paid parental leave, and as the federal government moves forward for federal workers, a new study provides a sober – and somewhat surprising — assessment of the impact of paid leave on families. (Cahn, 12/15/19)
Forbes: We Need Fair Benefit Policies That Create Flexibility, Not New Burdens
It surprises many people to learn that federal workers don’t already have guaranteed paid family leave benefits. That’s something that President Donald Trump and Congress may soon change. (Lukas 12/17/19)
March of Dimes: New Study Reveals Paid Family Leave Policies Lead To 20% Fewer Women Leaving The Workforce
Research funded by March of Dimes Center for Social Science Research and conducted by Institute for Women’s Policy Research highlights long-term economic benefit of paid family leave. (1/3/20)
General Opinion Pieces
The Hill: Many Americans support paid family leave — until they see the cost
Washington state is on the cusp of implementing a statewide paid leave program on Jan. 1, and Washington, D.C. passed a paid leave policy expected to take effect in 2020. (12/21/18)
CLASP: Why EVERYBODY Needs Paid Family and Medical Leave
93 percent of low-wage workers in the United States have no access to paid leave and are forced to make bleak choices. This is why we need to pass the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act. (Gupta, 2/12/09)
The Los Angeles Times: L.A.’s feel-good plan for paid leave won’t feel nearly as good when the costs pile up
Already, California’s parental and family leave programs offer up to 18 weeks of paid leave, at up to 70% of one’s pay, capped at $1,252 per week. (Svorny, 2/18/19)
NBC News: This International Women’s Day, it’s time for the U.S. to get on board with paid family leave
“Parents and children need to feel nurtured and protected, and right now that’s not happening,” says MSNBC anchor Yasmin Vossoughian. (Vossoughian, 3/7/19)
The Los Angeles Times: The Republican proposal for paid family leave is a sham that would wreck your retirement
The Urban Institute, which took a close look at the GOP proposal last year, found that it would raise Social Security’s annual costs, accelerate its fiscal problems, and open the door to other raids that “could undermine Social Security’s ability to ensure basic retirement security for all Americans.” (Hiltzik, 3/13/19)
USA Today: Millennials like me waited to start families. Paid leave will let me spend time with them.
The macro impact of so many women in their 20s and 30s delaying children is showing up in our national statistics. (Onwuka, 5/26/19)
The Hill: To win the federal paid family leave debate, allow states to lead the way
While paid family leave is quietly gaining ground in state legislatures, federal policy and debate related to the issue has been noisy and disjointed. For now, we should allow states to lead the way on this issue. (Beebe, 9/30/19)
USA Today: ‘Childcare is outrageous here’: Real people sound off on paid leave, affordable child care
A deep dive by USA TODAY on why so many Americans still lack paid family leave and affordable child care caused a stir among readers on social media. Some of them chimed in with their own stories of sky-high child care costs, while others debated whether affordable child care should even be a priority. Here’s a sampling of what the readers had to say. (Ramaswamy, 12/7/19)
Men and Paid Leave
NPR: A Dad Wins Fight To Increase Parental Leave For Men At JPMorgan Chase
Two years ago, Derek Rotondo told his employer that he wanted to take 16 weeks of paid leave granted to primary caregivers for his newborn son. He says he was told: “Men, as biological fathers, were presumptively not the primary caregiver.” He was only eligible for two weeks’ leave. (Noguchi, 5/30/19)
Also featured in The Washington Post (Schmidt, 5/30/19)
Forbes: JPMorgan Chase Settles $5M Parental Leave Case, Commits To Gender Neutrality But Not Equality
Rotondo was denied the 16-week paid leave granted to primary caregivers and instead was told: “Men, as biological fathers, were presumptively not the primary caregiver.” (Ferrante, 6/1/19)
Forbes: Closing the Gender Wage Gap May Depend On New Fathers Taking Paid Leave
Paid leave after the birth of a new baby will not narrow the gender wage gap until new fathers are encouraged to join new mothers in taking parental leave. (Keierleber, 11/6/19)
The New York Times: Men Say They Want Paid Leave but Then Don’t Use All of It. What Stops Them?
Men today are as likely as women to say they need to have time off work to care for babies, aging parents or sick family members, new data show. Yet men are much less likely than women to actually take leave if it’s not paid — and even if it is paid, they take much shorter leaves than women do. (Miller, 12/4/19)
Huffington Post: Even When Men Take Parental Leave, They’re Paid More, New Study Finds
We know men earn more money than women, on average, but a new study just turned up a somewhat surprising manifestation of wage inequality: a gender pay gap in parental leave. (Peck, 12/4/19)
The Atlantic: Why Icelandic Dads Take Parental Leave and Japanese Dads Don’t
A generous policy is of little use when work culture heavily discourages men from taking time off. (Pinsker, 1/23/20)
Female Athletes/Military and Paid Leave
The New York Times, Opinion: Nike Told Me to Dream Crazy, Until I Wanted a Baby
Being a mother and a champion was a crazy dream. It didn’t have to be. (Montaño, 5/12/19)
Vox: Nike loves promoting women athletes — but apparently not if they get pregnant
Olympic runner Alysia Montaño turns the company’s “Dream Crazier” motto against it, saying Nike sponsorship deals make maternal leave difficult for female athletes. (Tiffany, 5/13/19)
Also featured in ABC News (Kindelan, 5/13/19)
CBS News: Nike responds to backlash over maternity leave policy
Other runners who have worked with Nike had similar experiences with the company. “Getting pregnant is the kiss of death for a female athlete,” Phoebe Wright told The Times. “There’s no way I’d tell Nike if I were pregnant.” (O’Kane, 5/14/19)
CBS News: Nike to change its pregnancy policy in future athlete contracts amid backlash
Nike says it updated its policy last year, but its contracts previously allowed the company to reduce pay if athletes fell short of performance goals, including during pregnancy or childbirth. Nike says that’s now changed. (Lewis, 5/18/19)
Also featured in The Washington Post (Safdar, 5/18/19)
MSNBC: Olympic runner sparks changes to protect pregnant athletes’ pay
Nike is changing its policy toward pregnant women after Olympian and mother Alysia Montaño spoke out. She joins Stephanie Ruhle to talk about her latest win. (5/20/19)
The Washington Post: Congresswomen press Nike about its treatment of pregnant athletes
Members of Congress are questioning Nike following reports that the company penalized athletes for getting pregnant by reducing their pay and asking them to make unpaid appearances on its behalf. (Bhattarai, 5/21/19)
The New York Times: Allyson Felix: My Own Nike Pregnancy Story
Last week, two of my former Nike teammates, the Olympian runners Alysia Montaño and Kara Goucher, heroically broke their nondisclosure agreements with the company to share their pregnancy stories in a New York Times investigation. (Felix, 5/22/19)
Also featured in Sports Illustrated (West, 5/22/19)
The New York Times: Nike Says It Will End Financial Penalties for Pregnant Athletes
Responding to criticism about its treatment of its sponsored athletes who become pregnant, the sportswear giant Nike committed on Friday to ensuring that such athletes are not financially penalized. (Draper, 5/24/19)
Reuters: Nike to waive performance targets for pregnant athletes: report
Sportswear giant Nike will waive performance-based targets for 12 months for any of their pregnant athletes after several runners revealed they had their payments frozen, according to a New York Times report on Friday. (5/25/19)
The Washington Post: Alysia Montaño called out Nike for not supporting parents. Many Americans can relate.
The Olympian and seven-time national champion appeared to have it all: a healthy child, a supportive husband and her dream job. What she didn’t have, though, was maternity leave. (Morre, 5/29/19)
The Los Angeles Times: Allyson Felix finds a much stronger voice after birth of daughter
Felix, 33, recently spoke out in support of Alysia Montano, Kara Goucher and other female athletes who said they weren’t guaranteed salaries by sponsor Nike during and after pregnancy. (Elliott, 6/17/19)
ABC News: Women serving in the military reserves fight for paid maternity leave
The thousands of women who serve the United States in the military reserves hope a piece of legislation will give them access to paid maternity leave. (Kindelan, 6/25/19)
Also featured Good Morning America (Kindelan, 6/25/19)
Glamour: Alysia Montaño Has a Message for Sports: You Can Be a Champion and a Mom
The Olympic runner went viral when she called out Nike for failing pregnant female athletes in a powerful video. Now she’s leading the charge to protect moms in sports. (Mackenzie, 7/16/19)
Marie Claire: What Happens When You’re an Elite Athlete—and You Get Pregnant?
Three track-and-field stars sparked a movement by going public about the lack of maternity leave in sports. As Nike announces big changes to their contracts and the push for paid leave gains traction nationwide, the women tell us how they’ll keep fighting. (Adler, 8/20/19)
Yahoo Lifestyle: Track Star Who Criticized Nike Pregnancy Policy Inks New Athletic Deal
After publicly speaking out against Nike’s pregnancy policy, Alysia Montaño has a new athletic deal. The 33-year-old runner, five months pregnant with her third child, inked a deal with a New Zealand-based athletic brand, Cadenshae. (Chochrek, 9/25/19)
The Atlantic: Maternity Leave—Not Higher Pay—Is the WNBA’s Real Win
A new policy could transform the way professional female athletes experience pregnancy in their respective sports. (Mertens, 2/1/20)
